About R Dub!

R Dub! was just 16 when he created Sunday Nite Slow Jams in the summer of 1994, and has since hosted and produced the show throughout the years.

Born in Chicago and growing up in L.A. and Orlando, Florida, R Dub! spent his time staying up late at night listening to various “Slow Jams” type radio shows around the country. He loved the music and the overall mood of Slow Jams and at age 13 decided his dream was to host his own Slow Jam show.

At age fifteen after moving to Tucson, Arizona with his family, R Dub! got his first chance in radio, volunteering at the local public radio station. Although he was on in the middle of the night, broadcasting out of a tiny radio station that didn’t have many listeners, he was happy to be playing his Slow Jams…and even if just one person was listening, he knew he was making a difference in their night!

By the time R Dub! was a junior in high school, he was the full-time Slow Jams show host at the local hip-hop station, where Sunday Nite Slow Jams was born in 1994. As the years went by, and radio stations came and went, R Dub! managed to keep the Sunday Nite Slow Jams alive, taking them with him whenever he changed stations.

In 2001, R Dub! spent a year constructing his own broadcast studio inside his home. Shortly after the facilities were completed in 2002, Sunday Nite Slow Jams went national, debuting in two new markets: Tulsa, Oklahoma and Nogales, Arizona.

In December of 2007 R Dub!’s fantasy of creating an actual 24-hour all-Slow Jams radio station came true, when he launched Slow Jams Radio 92.3FM in Los Angeles. The station was Hot 92.3’s HD Digital “Side Channel” and was heard in Los Angeles at 92.3FM digital channel two on any reciever with HD technology. Soon after the launch of Slow Jams Radio in Los Angeles, iHeart Radio picked up the format as part of their national HD programming. Philadelphia and Baltimore and Honolulu are two of the first markets outside of Los Angeles to air Slow Jams Radio!

Recently, R Dub! decided to follow his dream to live (and do Slow Jams) in Brasil. After being granted a work visa to live in Brasil, he leased an apartment on the beach, packed up his stuff, and gave notice to the radio station in Tucson where he worked full-time as Program Director and Afternoon host.

But Brasil just wasn’t in the cards for Dub just yet, as only FOUR DAYS before departing to Brasil forever, he received an offer for the dream job at his favorite radio station on the planet–Hot 92.3 in Los Angeles. He completed a two-year contract of service as the radio station’s Program Director, which finished in March of 2009.

Today R Dub! lives between residences in Tucson, Arizona; Recife, Brasil; and San Diego, California, where he can be heard weekday afternoons from 3PM to 7PM on Magic 92.5FM. His Sunday Nite Slow Jams still airs every Sunday night, in addition to a weeknight version, and can now be heard all across the country and around the world in over 100 cities.

Comments

R Dub, I just wanna say You are an inspiration to me. I love slow jams and play them all the time and on Sundays here in Salinas,CA, when I’m at work my coworkers know not to mess with my sunday night slow jams. I hope to share my love of slow jams with the world just like you did.

whats good man great music luv it, hey do you know where i can get your theme song (slow jams) from or is there a mp3 some where that it self gets me in the mood you should make it a full song peace…….

I have been a long time listener in Tucson, The Slow Jams internet feed is the only internet music station that means anything to me. Remember you DJ’ing and holding events in Tucson. You got a good thing going. Keep it rolling!!!!!!! G.

I love listening to your music, it’s a great show and all, I just wished you played more of Gladys Knight & the Pips, Anita Baker, Chaka Khan, Barry White and more of the old school slow jams. Overall, great show.